|Uu*al spirit of the gvm 
(owned by men not afraid to bring new ma¬ 
chinery West,) and farmers are buying reap¬ 
ers, niowc-rs, corn-plant ere, horse-rakes, riding- 
plows, cultivators, thrashing machines and every 
variety of new machinery for their farms. Each 
man must have his newwagon and new harm 
Farmers get. good prices for all they have to sell, 
and the consequence is, all have money. They 
have paid for tbeir farms aud now they begin to 
live and improve. What a contrast since I came 
to the State in 1859! At that time very few 
were out of debt, and grain was no price at all. 
There was no demand. Not one out of teu had 
any money; and not one out of twenty had any 
agricultural machinery. I traveled with a thrash¬ 
ing machine; plenty to thrash, plenty to eat, but 
no money; could get ho money for work. Our 
machine was the only one in this county. Now 
there arc twenty or thirty. Houses were vacant, 
farms uncultivated, and nobody coming in. A 
great many moved away. I met families all 
along the road going East Why ? Not because 
there were no crops,—not because there was no 
work,—not because there was no farms to buy 
or rent,—not because the soil was not good, 
not because it was a bad climate, but simply be¬ 
cause there was no money. 
We now have an overflowing population. New 
farms are being made, new bouses going up, new 
bridges and new roads laid out. Two railroads 
are making every effort to gel to the Capitol this 
summer. There is a great demand lor lumber, 
several new mills have been pul up, aud yet they 
cannot supply the increasing call. 
Petreoleum has been fonnd all along the Des 
Moines Valley; many wells are being sunk, with 
a fair prospect for success. We have two com¬ 
panies at the Capitol. All the lands lying on the 
Des Moines river, aud adjacent creeks, have been 
leased by parties from tbc Pennsylvania Oil Re¬ 
gion. Iowa is surely a great and thriving State. 
M. H. Bishahd. 
Des Moines, Iowa, April 4, 1805. 
Rural Notes ani) (EUicries 
ana very cold. The lambs came pnny, were soon 
chilled, and " did not try to live,” “Blankets, fire- 
heat and warm drinks availed nothing. Only 4 out of 
46 were saved,” and so our friend pronounce? this a 
“successful experiment ” in teaching him “all that he 
wishes to know about raising lambs in winter. 
It certainly is not, under ordinary circumstances, 
profitable to raise winter lambs. No one can do it 
advantageously hut the ftrsctttr who finds these eaiiy 
lambs greatly more salable. That they can be raised 
opportunities for selling will be anorueu io 
who desire them. 
There may he persons who wish to exhibit 
their flocks — or parcels containing twenty-five 
or fifty sheep — and who will not cure to divide 
them into pens for competition. Wc see no 
objection to such persons going on to the Fan 
Grounds before the Fair opens, aud constructing 
their own yards for their shcep-entirely discon¬ 
nected, of course, with the pens of the com¬ 
peting sheep. We dare say the General Superin¬ 
tendent would permit this to be done, and 
assign places for such yards. 
We have spoken of those who confidently 
expect to win prizes. But the truth is, nobody 
can know in advance precisely what his chance 
is in that particular. There are, perhaps, as 
many who win without expecting it, as of those 
who are disappointed in the opposite direction; 
and modesty or the fear of being beaten very 
often prevents the exhibition of sheep which 
would easily win, were they exhibited. Two 
individuals won first prizes on sheep at the last 
New York State Fair who were persuaded with 
great difficulty to show at all! One of them 
made some great sales on the spot. Both left 
the Fair possessing the ability to sell all the 
•sheep they had and ail they could breed, at the 
highest market prices. They went to that Fair 
with reputations as breeders extending through 
a few counties. They left it with reputations 
extending through a greater uurnber of States. 
And 60 it would be with many a breeder at the 
coming show, who, under the apprehension of 
being beaten, will keep bis sheep at home, and 
himself cut off from that celebrity which is his 
due, and from all the substantial pecuniary ad¬ 
vantages arising from that celebrity. 
Tbc fear of being beaten is a bug-bear which 
sometimes affects distinguished as well as ob¬ 
scure breeders. And vet what ram or what ewes 
were ever sunk below their proper rank and rep¬ 
utation, by such a defeat, whether it was deserved 
or not? A number of tbe highest priced and 
■most famous Merino rams of Vermont have been 
beaten at State, and some of them even at 
County Fairs. Who thinks of this when exam¬ 
ining them, or pricing them, or forming an 
opinion of their value ? Receiving a prize often 
greatly enhances the salable price of an animal. 
Striking instances of this occurred at the New 
York State Fair. But this did not, in the least, 
lower the marketable prices of the defeated 
animals, nor will it in the least injure their 
subsequent reputation among breeders. That 
subsequent reputation depends entirely upon 
the subsequent facts—upon the value of their 
products and of their progeny. And thus the 
beaten animal may and often does become more 
valuable and more celebrated than even hi? vic¬ 
torious rival. 
The coming Fair is a new experiment. The 
public are not acquainted with it — its paths are 
not beaten ones. Its success will depend greatly 
on the rich and beautiful region where it is to be 
held — Western New York. There is not, prob¬ 
ably, a better sheep growing couutry in the 
United States. There is scarcely one which has 
a larger aggregate number of improved sheep. 
It has now the opportunity of buildng up Its 
own reputation in this particular, and of making 
itself a great market for the sale of those choice 
sheep now In such immense demand iu the 
Western and soon to become so in the Southern 
States. The West asked for the first Fair of the 
Association. Now let her be sure to sustain it, 
and to sustain her own reputation, by exhibiting 
hundreds, if not thousands, of her best sheep on 
the show grounds. 
Where the Sweetest Sap 13, 
I formerly supposed the greatest quantity 
of saccharine matter was contained in the sap 
from the layers of wood near the surface of the 
tree. From carefully conducted experiments 
this theory was proved to be untrue. The fol¬ 
lowing plan was adopted to test it:—Selected 
a tree IS Inches in diameter, bored a bole with 
an auger IV inches iu diameter, two inches in 
depth from the inside bark; drove In a hollow 
wood tube for coudneting the sap— commenc¬ 
ing at the center where the first incision left off; 
bored another hole with a half inch bit exactly 
two inches deeper into the tree, making four 
inches in all. Inserted a half-inch spont through 
the hollow tube into the second very snug, so 
that the inside sap might not leak into the 
other. This tube was much longer than the 
first, so that in using two vessels side by side, 
the sap could he conducted beyond the first tube 
into tbc second. The sap from these incisions 
was boiled separately at the same time in two 
kettles on the stove, with the following results: 
Three and one-half quarts of sap from the first 
and outside bore made four ounces of sugar; 
the same quantity of sap from the inside bore 
made five ounces of sngar, each done to equal 
dryness. This result was so contrary to expecta¬ 
tions that I tried the same, process the next day 
with exactly the same proportions. The quan¬ 
tify of sap discharged by the large bore was 
somewhat greater than the small one, but not 
in proportion to its larger size. — Correspond¬ 
ence of the Country Gentleman. 
Roots for Feeding Stock.—N. M. B., Mercer, 0.: 
The Russia, Swedish or Ruta Baga Turnip, is the most 
esteemed variety for feeding, and in England is an 
important item la cattle and sheep husbandry, more 
especially for sheep. They arc a capital addition to 
dry food, and do not so greatly increase the flow of 
milk, butfkcUltiites the pulling on of fat and a fine 
healthy state for summer grazing. For producing a 
greater amount of milk, the Sugar Boat, or even the 
Mangel Wurzcl, la.greatly to be preferred, possessing a 
much larger quantity of the saccharine or sugar prin¬ 
ciple, and is worth much more than turnips. Wc con¬ 
sider the use of basas. beets nndrumits, In winter with 
dry feed, as an important item in successful feeding. 
Seeds of all of these can be procured at any respecta¬ 
ble seed store. 
Tub New England Ao. Society. — The time for 
holding the Fair of this Society has been fixed as the 
5th, fith, 7th, 8th aud 9th of Septembor-at Concord, 
N, It- as heretofore announced. The Trustees have 
appointed lion. Moses IIumfiire vs of Concord, Gen¬ 
eral Superintendent, and an Executive Committee 
consisting of Don. Frederick Smith of New Damp- 
shire, Henry Clark of Vermont, John S. Anderson 
of Maine, Faoli Lathrop of Massachusetts, A. B. 
CiUD.-Rv of Rhode Island, aud Burdbtt Loomis of 
Connecticut. At a meeting or the Trustees, on the 
29lb nit, Dr. N. T. TrOB of Maine, was chosen a 
trustee in place of T. S. Lang, resigned. The premi¬ 
um list was also made out, and said to be modified 
aud improved over that of last year. 
Tuf. Brinkeruoff Churn.— In the Rural of April 
1st, I860,1 notice some of the merits and demerits of 
the Brlnkorhoff Churn, aud would add my te stimony 
to its merits. I find it all the]most fastidious dairy- 
woman can ask. Not a drop of cream is wasted or 
left unconverted into as good (or better) butter than is 
made in the old-fashined dasher churn. Then tt Is 
more than worth its price every season for rinsing the 
butter. It will churn a dozen or more pounds of but¬ 
ter in from six to fifteen minutes. The ” deep cor¬ 
ners of which G. B. Johnson complains, are, in my 
churn, lacking ; and N. A. W.Howb can, ir ho wishes, 
apply powder to hi* own churn, not mine, as I do not 
intend to part with it until I give up butter making, 
—5. L. Tracy, East Smith./letd, Bradford Co., Ta. 
Raising Chickens —A Word in Season. 
Last year the subject of gapes, especially 
the method of curing the disease, was a good 
deal discussed in this journal. There is no 
doubt but the ailment comes from little worms, 
the larva? of some i!y or insect, which arc found 
in considerable numbers in the throats of the 
chickens, aud causes their death. These flics or 
insects no doubt abound about fowl houses and 
yards, so that keeping the chickens in places 
which fowls do uot frequent, aud where they 
have not before been kept, goes far toward pro¬ 
tecting them from the evil. A correspondent, 
“Coxsaekie,” writes as followsAbout a 
year ago I communicated to the Agriculturist a 
certain mode of treating chickens, to prevent 
gapes. Since that time I have seen various 
modes stated to cure the ailment. Now, Mr. 
Editor, I insist upon H, that ‘an ounce of pre¬ 
vention, is better thau a pound of cure.’ There 
is no need of having gapes at all. Last year I 
raised nearly one hundred chickens, and had not 
a sign of gapes among them. My method is as 
follow's:—When the chickens are in condition 
to take from the nest, 1 put them w ith the hen 
in a coop with a board bottom, 60 as to keep the 
young ones from the cold and damp ground. 
They are fed with Indian meal on which boiling 
water is poured from the teakettle, well stirred 
and allowed to cool. I believe the whole secret 
is to keep the chickens dry and warm when 
quite young, and give them cooked feed.”— 
American Agriculturist. 
CHEESE MAKING, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —I saw in your 
ever-welcome paper of Aug. 27th, an inquiry 
concerning cheese making on a small scale. I 
have made cheese for several years from the 
milk of from four to eight cows for my own 
use; this I call a small dairy. Your correspond¬ 
ent wishes to know how the first curd should be 
prepared. My way is, when the curd is ready 
for the press, cut in slices of from one-half to 
aa inch in thickness, put in a stone jar. without 
salting; put a bucket of cold water over it, and 
set in a cool place. I have a spring-house with 
water running through, almost as cold as ice- 
water. I set the jar. iu the water and then 
change the water, oh the curd two or three 
times duriug that time, and the next morning. 
When the second curd is nearly ready for the 
press, cut the first in small pieces and put in warm 
whey, not hot enough to scald it; mix all to¬ 
gether and salt. If your correspondent could 
taste some of my ohees?e, made in this way, she 
could judge of the quality better thau I can 
write It. My husband often says when he is 
entiug cheese from these double curds, “now 
remember another year, just bow you made this, 
as it’s the best I ever ate.” But as every man 
thinks his wife makes the best butter, it may he 
so with cheese. 
It the water is not very cold I should uot 
advise this plan. Last year I tried pressing 
two curds together and liked it much, and think 
it saves work. I made my curd and put it iu to 
press, and next day made another as near like it 
as possible, took out the first, turned it, scratched 
with a fork on the top as fine as chicken feed, 
put the uew one hi, pressed tiU the next inorn- 
iug. It should be bandaged soon after taking 
out. Double curds should always be bandaged. 
I think a light pressing is best at. first, and after¬ 
ward quite heavy. 1 do not think it injures 
cheese to press it. Malting It with two or three 
curd6, the first is just as good as the last. A6 to 
spreading, my experience is, if there is uot too 
much rennet, and the cheese is bandaged, it will 
not spread too much. mrs. p. c. m, 
Coudereport, Pa,, 1865. 
Goitre.—Samuel Sherman, Otter Creek, Jackson 
Co., Mich., has lost 15 out of 85 lambs by goiter, ana 
they are still dying. He says they live from 5 minutes 
to 24 hours after birth, and that the “lumps” in their 
necks are eomotimes as large as a hen's egg. He asks 
for a cure. If the lamb comes, as is often the case, 
very feeble, there is no cure. If it hae constitution 
and vigor aud is not suffocated by the pressure of the 
enlarged glands ou the windpipe, the swellings ran be 
sometimes diminished or removed by freqnent appli¬ 
cations of very strong camphor poured on a woolen 
fillet or bandage, which is fastend round the neck so 
as to press moderately on the enlarged glands. Tinc¬ 
ture of iodine, in the place of camphor, is fonnd con¬ 
siderably more effective, in obstinate cases. 
Keeping Eggs,— What is the best way of keeping 
eugs through the summer months ?— W. G. Madison, 
Whtati'UU, Genesee Co., N. l r . 
Eggs can be kept for a long period in a cool place, if 
secured in an upright position with the small end 
down, in oats. Bran is liable to ferment. Strong 
lime-water preserves them well, as will also salt, if 
kept on cud: In any other position they cook aud be¬ 
come solid. Greasing thorn with lard prevents the 
air from penetrating the porous shell. 
Gapes in Chickens.— I have seen frequent inquiries 
in your paper aud others for a remedy for gapes in 
chickens. We have used sulphur with unvarying 
success for many years. Wc believe it a specific. A 
half tuaspoonfbl to a quart of meal three times a week. 
Begin feeding as soon as they are hatched. It is equal¬ 
ly efficacious with turkeys and other kinds of poultry. 
It will cure in most cases after the gapes "begin if the 
yonng fowls are not too far gone.—C., Scipio, A r . F. 
Sale of Sheep in Washington Co,—D, (. Town¬ 
send of McHenry. McHenry Co., Ill., recently pur¬ 
chased of Isaac V. Baker. Jr., of Comstock’s Land 
ing, N. Y., a yearling ram well known in that vicinity 
as “Ishmael;” also two ewes with lamb by “Young 
Gold Drop.” They are heavy shearers. We under 
stand that Mr. Baker has lately added a fine three 
year old ewe and a ram lamb to his flock of Silesian 
ehcep. He purchased them of Wsi. Chamlerlaln. 
Red Hook. N, Y. 
Cloth from Milk Wbkd,— It is stated that Dr. 
Guernsey of New York, claims that by the use of 
vegetable oil he has overcome the difficulty which has 
heretofore foiled all attempts that kave been made to 
manufacture cloth from the liut of the common milk 
weed. Fifty cents per pound Is offered for the fiber, 
and it is said that 5,000 lbs. can be grown on an acre. 
Milk weed may yet be king. 
Samfi.es of Wool.—Daniel Ellis, Victor, Ontario 
Go., N. Y.. requests our opinion on two samples of 
wool cut from a couple of his ewe togs, which he says 
were bred by F. H. Dean of West Cornwall, Vermont. 
Both are of good leugtL. aud of a high style and qual¬ 
ity. Darwin E. Robinson of Shorehara, Yt., also 
send? us various samples from his improved Paular 
stock. They we of good length, fair medium quality, 
and came from fleeces of great density and weight. 
A Productive Acre, 
An “Ex-Market Gardener” gives to the 
American Agriculturist the following statement 
of what can be done on a small piece of laud, by 
work and high manuring:—“ On a fertile acre, 
within sight of Trinity Church steeple, New 
York, but in Jersey, lives a man I will call ‘ John 
Smith.’ John’s neat cottage and acre cost him, 
S years ago, $S,000, now worth $0,000. Iu the 
spring of 1S04, he planted 12,000 Early Wake¬ 
field cabbage plants, which, by the first week in 
July, were sold in N. Y. market at $S per 100, for 
$900. Between the rows of cabbages M ere plan¬ 
ted, at the same time, I s ,000 Silesia lettuce 
plants, which at $1 50 per 100, brought $270. 
Both crops were cleared off by July 12, the 
ground being thoroughly plowed, harrowed 
and planted with 40,000 celery plants, which 
were sold before Christmas of the same year, at 
- per 100, for $1,200 malting the total, receipts 
$2,370. 
Uis expenses were Manure, $150 ; keep of 
horse, $300; interest on $0,000, $420; hired labor, 
$400; incidental outlay, $100; amounting in all 
to $1,370, which deducted from the receipts gave 
him the net profit of $1,000. John, some might 
call a clod hopper, tie lias no particular skill, 
no great share of ‘brains,’ his only prominent 
1 quality being untiring Industry; but it would be 
difficult for any one, uo matter how endowed 
with skill or brains, to make more off of an acre 
than he did. 
The Indiana Ruralist. — This is the title of a 
monthly journal recently started by J. A. Drums, Jr., 
at Knigktstown, the second (March) number of which 
we have received. After the repeated unsuccessful 
attempts to establish au agricultural jonrnal in ludi 
ana, Mr. D. exhibits more faith and pluck titan many 
possess. The price of the paper Is 50 cents a year. 
Combing Wool. — “ Indians ” Fort Wayne, Inti., 
quoting the very high prices which have been paid 
for Canada eomhlng wool, asks from what breed of 
sheep it is taken. It ie taken from the long wooled 
English sheep,such as Leiceaters, Ootawolde, etc. II 
asks why tub washed wool commands higher prices 
than brook washed? Because it is more thoroughly 
cleaned. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
Balino Hay in the Beater IT. ess.— The New York 
Farmers’ Club says that hay may safely go through 
the sweating process after being baled in the Beater 
Press, and consequently tolerably ripe grass might be 
cut iu the middle of a hot day and baled immediately, 
and prove more palatable and nutritious than that 
overcured in the usual way. 
Causes of Goitre.— W. D. Dickinson, Victor, N. 
Y., writes a» followsI have been interested in the 
discussion on goitre in lambs at the late Wool Grow¬ 
ers’ Association, but do not think the causes of the 
malady have yet been pointed out. I believe it origi¬ 
nates from two causes combined, viz : high feeding of 
the ram during service, and high condition of the 
ewe during pregnancy. Some 15 years since I used a 
ram Iamb with a portion of my flock, and fed him high 
with grain while in service. He performed well, and 
gained several pounds during that period. The lambs 
when dropped were nearly all afflicted with goitre, and 
the greater portion of them died, whilst those from 
the remainder of my ewes, and from rams that were 
but ordinarily fed, were entirely free from it. My 
ewes were in high Condition, and were fed together 
indiscriminately. This being my first experience 
with the disease, I was inclined to believe that It was 
caused by using t he ram when too young. The next 
year I used the same ram, and fed high as before; and 
the result was itiat ever}’ lamb bin one exhibited 
goitre. I now condemned the iam. He was one that 
I purchased from a distance, and consequently not 
connected with my flock. One of my neighbors pro¬ 
posed to use him and did so, turning him iu with his 
flock without extra feed, and hie lambs came strong 
and healthy. He was used se veral years in this town 
after that, and with good results. The next year after 
disposing of this ram I procured from a friend the use 
of one that J knew to be a good stock getter. I fed 
„im high, nearly all the grain he would eat, whilst in 
use. The result was, his lambs were badly afflicted 
with goitre, except 6ome raised from ten or a dozen 
ewes brought in by a friend, which were very poor, aud 
did not recover their flesh duriug the winter. The 
lambs Irom these were perfectly healthy, as were those 
from the remainder of my own flock which were served 
by other Toms, which received no extra feed. The 
ewes were in high condition, aud were wintered 
alike.” 
Paint for Sh eep Marks.—John Jones, Coldwater, 
Mich., inquires how paint should he prepared for 
marking sheep. The most common preparation is 
simply oil and lampblack for black marks, and oil and 
Venetian red for red marks. Some persons mark with 
lar, applying it when hot eo that it will be thin enough 
for rise. 
Exhausted and Worn-Out IIorses are often 
speedily restored in France by feeding them couch or 
t witch grass mixed with carrots. A Dr. Thompson of 
ttic University Hospital, the Canada Farmer says, has 
discovered that, an infusion of the dried stems is ben- 
ollciiil iu irritable conditions of the bladder. “Give 
Uicjiovtl his due.” 
CHOKED CATTLE 
SnEEr in Onondaga Co.—Mr. Joseph Hess and 
Mr. Arthur J. Mead of Fayetteville, N. Y., have 
purchased of Silar G. Holyoke and L. L. Brain ard, 
Jr. of St. Albans, Yt., twenty-five fuli-blood Infantado 
ewes, descended from Mr. Hammond's stock, for 
which they paid $6,000, or $240 per head. 
Josiah Allen, of Rolling Prairie, Wis., says 
he has relieved cattle that hud swallowed things, 
that defied all ordinary attempts at removal, by 
the use. of the following means:—“ Take a fieri 
hie stick about the size of your finger and place 
upon the square end a bull of yarn, the size of a 
large hens egg. Cover over the ball, lapping 
up on to the stick, with a thin piece of calfskin, 
held in its place, by being wound snugly to tbc 
stick. Grease the leather, and it is ready for 
use. Throw the nose and head up, by tying, or 
by the aid of assistants, and push the ball down 
the throat. The ball being elastic, it does not 
injure the throat, or oesophagus, in the least. 
When it meets with the obstruction, it becomes 
flattened, fills the cavity, and drives down the 
obstruction before it. The stick being flexible, 
no harm results by the struggling of the animal. 
Says, he relieved a cow for a neighbor, in a few 
moments, after they had striven in vain a whole 
half day, to remove a potato, that had lodged in 
her throat. l. l. f. 
The Season in North-western Michigan is repre¬ 
sented aB favorable. D, A. B. of Kent Co., writes, 
April 0 —“The wheat crop bide fair. Season quite 
forward, and somewhat dry. Spring crops mostly put 
in, and aLl hoping for the good time coming when help 
will he plenty, and improvements go on with us 
ngain.’’ 
-- 
Black Leg in Cattle.— Will you, or some of your 
numerous Rural readers, inform an old veteran rural- 
jet the cause and a remedy for the disease so fat'd to 
votin' 1, cuttle iu this country, commonly called Black 
ierf Symptoms, when first taken, lame in one or 
more feet ; blood seems to dry up; mortification sets 
in and they die almost universally.— Bull Whacker, 
Otoe Co., Nebraska. 
Beans for Sheep.— ” Niagara Farmer ” is informed 
that beans are considered excellent feed for sheep; 
and we never before heard the idea advanced that 
they had a tendency to dry up the milk of ewes having 
lambs. 
The Best Mode of Piling Firewood. 
D. Currie of Hull, writes the Ohio Far¬ 
mer:—“As this is the season for laying up a 
supply of fuel for next year, it may benefit some 
of our readers to know that firewood for next 
year’s use is much better when piled with the 
baric side uppermost, for wood piled with the 
bark side down is not so dry as when the bark is 
uppermost, besides when you come to handle it 
again the bark is liable to fall off', aud go to loss, 
owing to the wet in summer getting between 
tbe bark uud wood.” 
Communications, (Etc 
SEASON, WORK, PROGRESS, &c., IN IOWA, 
MoMt?.— Will some one toll me how to destroy 
mole*? Lott year they nearly destroyed my straw, 
berry bed, look up whole rows or pea?, beaus ana 
beets, and they have already commenced their spring 
plowing” in uiy yard. The remedies L have seen are 
too much like pulling salt on bird’s tails iu order to 
catch them.— Ecklky, hid. 
Mr. MoOke:—B eing uu old friend of the Ru¬ 
ral, 1 will let you know how things prosper in 
Iowa. Wc are having splendid weather; farm¬ 
ers are very busy sowing spring wheat. Gard¬ 
eners are planting early vegetables, aud all seem 
imbued with life and vigor. It has been a very 
open winter; hard on fall wheat, yet It begins 
to look well. Many farmers took advantage of 
the soft ground aud rolled the fall w heat, help¬ 
ing it greatly. Our soil dries up so quick in the 
spring, that many persons from the East are 
startled to see farmers sowing wheat, when only 
a few days ago the ground wus covered with 
snow and ice. Many trees are planted this 
spring. People are endeavoring to make their 
homes tasty. All seem to think, “I will have 
the prettiest place in the country,” Glad to 
see it. 
Travelers from the East are surprised to see 
the energy and skill displayed by the farmers of 
Iowa. We have a large Agricultural Warehouse, 
Out-Door Wiutew ash. —C. E, B., Champaign, 
Ill., asks us to republish the following recipe 
which he has lost and regards valuable: 2 quarts 
skimmed milk; 2 ozs. fresh slaked lime; 5 lbs. 
whiting; put the lime into a stoneware vessel, 
pour upon it a sufficient quantity of milk to 
make a mixture resembling cream, and then add 
the balance of the milk. Crumble the whiting, 
aud spread it ou the Buriaco of the fluid. Stir or 
grind as you would lead paint, and apply as you 
do other paints. It dries quick, and a second or 
third coat can he added If desired. It is iuodor- 
ous, does not rub off. This quantity will cover 
57 square yards with one coat. It may be color¬ 
ed, if desired, by adding coloring matter. 
Lambs in Winter.— “H.” of Hudson, O., gives bis 
experience In raising early lambs. Three years ago 
be purchased a choice lot of Merino ewes from Ver¬ 
mont, and was greatly disgusted to find that they were 
to lamb in mid-winter. But having warm shelters for 
them, and plenty of roots iu his cellar, he lost no 
lambs except two or three which crept behind boxes 
out of the reach of thier dams, when first yeaned, and 
bo perished. When grass came the lamb* were able 
to crop it, and they grew rapidly. Bo well pleased was 
It, with the result that the next fall he purposely put 
ids ewes to ram bo they would lamb In winter. The 
ewea, owing to a scarcity of fall feed, did not enter 
the winter “in firet-iatc condition ” There were no 
toots for them. The weather, at lambing, was stormy 
A few weeks ago I saw a letter from 
t in your paper recommending. ’ V 
ob Dent Corn. Can you tell roe thro’tgh 
our paper, or by letter, where the sen 
C. A hams, Wce&port, N. J- 
True Ohio State Fair for 18<J5 Is to 1,0 n 
Columbus on the l2tb, 13th, 14th aud lSth of $£ 
ber next._^__ 
Rural Agents and Subscribers will please 1: 
mind that orders for transfers must be acconv 
with 25 cents to receive attention. 
Oun late reports concerning the season, crop 
prospects, etc., are generally favorable. 
